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Bhutan's film industry has long been influenced by Indian cinema. But there has been a significant change in the past two decades as filmmakers started developing their own unique approaches.

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On a quiet summer evening in June 1990, Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, Calif., when suddenly, he was surrounded by walls of flames five stories high.

Here's the remarkable life journey of Pinki Haryan, who once begged on the streets of Mcleodganj and scavenged for food from garbage bins, but overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to become a doctor ...

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